Cuff for shirts and the like



Jan 6, 1931. A. RANKIN CUFF FOR SHIRTS AND THE LIKE i2 "Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July '28, 1927 I 4 2 5 M |.|||l T m MW L I. J

ill: 4 z ,11 6 v M +9 w y I /l 1 II L B T I 4 W m M fl ,4 TTORIIE Y8 Patented Jan. 6,1931 7 Y p i v UNITED?STATES AT N 1CE- Application filed July 28, 1927. serial No. 208,930.

' The present invention relatestocuffs for fabric '5 and the upper edgeof the fabric 7 niens shirts and the like with a duplex cuff are turned inwardly and united by stitching comprising a single cuff and a French or 11. 'The French cuff 3 when folded along the folded cuff. edge l2-covers the singlecuff and conceals it 5 The object of the invention is to provide frornvie'w. The fold 1111612 of the French I inens shirts with both styles of cuffs SO that cuff will be formed along the lowermost edge at the option of the wearer either the single 13 of the single cufi and the single cuff will or the folded cuff may be exposed to use, and thereby tend to give firmness to the French during use of either of the cuffs the other cuff without forming folds or irregularities cuff will be concealed. Another advantage therein. v e I of the invention resides in the fact that, al- When it is desired to expose the single cuff through both styles of cuffs are attached to to use, the French cuff 3 is drawn inwardly the shirt, the extreme edge of the cuff in use against the inside of the sleeve as shown in will befiat and devoid of uncomfortable Fig. '8 therebyexposing the single cuff; The

V wrinkles. position of the Fi 'ench cu fl when the single In the drawings Fig. 1 represents a plan cuff is in 'useis shown in Fig. -9. In order view of a portion of a shirt sleeve with the that the free side edges of the cuffs may be cuffs opened out and lyin flat; Fig. 2 is a united a series of buttonholes areprovided. View on the line 2-2 of ig.'1; Fig. 3 is a For the purpose of uniting the French cuff plan view with the French cuff folded and when in use buttonholes 14, 16, 14a and 16a 70 covering the single cuff; Fig. 4 is a View on are provided which, when the French cuff the line 14 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a plan view is foldedto the position in Fig. 3, will align of a portion of the shirt sleeve with the cuffs so that a cuff link may be passed through the folded transversely and exposing the French four buttonholes. -WVhen thesingle cuff is cuff Fig. 6 is the same representation as Fig. in use, the 'buttonholes 1 1 and 15 on one side 75 1 with the sleeve and cuffs folded transverseof'the 'cufi and the buttonholes 1 1a and 15a ly; Fig. 7 is a plan view of a portion of the on'the other side of the cu fi' may be aligned shirt sleeve showing the single cuff lying and a suitable cuff link passed theretlirough. flat; Fig. 8 is a view on the line 88 of F ig. Theedges of 'the single cuff may also be se- 7 Fig. 9 is a plan view of a portion of the cured by 'means of .a button 17 passed 80 shirt sleeve with the cuffs folded transversely through the buttonholes 14a and. 15a. The and exposing the single cuff. sleeve inaybejprovided with a' button 18 and The sleeve 1 has sewn thereto the single a buttonhole 1-9 provided for the purpose of cuff 2 and the folded or French cuff 3. A securingthe French cuff inside of the shirt continuous piece of material 4 constitutes a sleeve when'the single cuff is in use. This 5 part of the inner lining of the single oufi' 2 may be done bypassing the button 18 through and the outer surface of the French cuff when the buttonholes 16, 16a and 19 as will be eviit is folded. The outer surface of the single dent from an examination of Fig. 9. l i cuff consists of a piece of fabric 5. The up- Itwil-l be observed from the foregoing de- 40 per edges of the fabric 4 and 5 are turned inscription that the cuff structure is composed 90 wardly between which the edge of the sleeve essentially of three sections, the first section 1 is inserted and then thesethree portions are 2, constituting the outside portion of the united by stitching 6. The inner surface of single cuffyagsecond section 7 (see Fig. 21) the French cuff 3'and a portion of the inner and athird section 4. 'The sections 2, 4 and surface of the single cuff 2 are formed from a 'T -have a' widthin a direction o'f the length of an singlepiece of fabric 7 which is folded or the sleeve 1 and a length transverse thereto.

' turned at 8 to form the inner surface 9 of the A portion of the section 7 (see-Fig.2) constisingle cuff. The lowermost edges of the fabtutes part of the single cuff as well as partof ric 4 and 7 are turned inwardly and united the French cuff. "The section 4 is united at by stitching 1 The lowermost edge of the one-of its edges'with the-section 7 and at its mu opposite edge, with section 2', to the shirt sleeve 1. its shown in Fig. 8 the section 4 comprises twoportionsv of unequal length,

the shorter portion being continuously adjacent to section .2, while the longer portion is continuously adjacent to section 7. When the structure shown in Fig. 8 is folded into a French cuff, indicated in Fig; 4c, the fold In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

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in the section 4' (shown in Fig. 8) disapn pears, while a new fold approximately mid- Way of thessection' 4 becomesth'e frontmos't edge of the French cuff. Nhen the cufi is folded into a French cuff the buttonhholesl and 16 mate and buttonholes 'laand 16a mate. lVhen the cuff is folded into a single cuff then thebuttonholes I l and 15 mate and the buttonholes 14a and 15a mate; A third set of single buttonholes 16 and'16a align i;

with the buttonholes 14 and 14a when the cufi" becomes a French cull. The result of this arrangement is that-whether the cuff is; used 'as a single orFrenchcuii', the cuff button,"

whether a link or a stud,- when inserted through mating buttonholes will, in each case, pass through four, and only four aligned buttonholes. Y a r Of course, in speaking-of the component parts of the cuff structure as fabric sections, it is not necessary that the sections be made of separate pieces of fabric or of piecesof fabric 1ndependent of the other sections.

Various changes 1n the specific form shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention. i

What I claim is: a

A duplex cufli' structure for shirts and the like adapted to be used alternately as a single cuff or as a French cuii, said structure comprisinga fabric section constitutingothe outside portion of the single cufiya second fabric section constituting part of the inner portion of the single cufi as wellas the inner portion of the French cuff, said first section being associated along one ofits edges with. said second section, a third fabric section being associated at one of its edges withv the second section andof approximately equal length thereto, said third section being associated along its opposite edge with the shirt sleeve,a single buttonhole'common'to the first named section and the third section at each of the lateral extremities of said sections near the free edge of the French cufl, a single buttonhole common to'the second seotion and the third section ateach of the lateral extremities of said sections near the free edgeof the French cuii, a single buttonhole common to the second and the third sections ateach of the lateral extremities of said sections, said last named buttonhole and said first named buttonholes being adapted to be aligned when the structure is in the condition of a single cull and-whereby, the cuff may be converted either to a single ,culf' or a 

